Q&A
Salts SH
1. What is the functions of salts?
They provide sodium that our body need. But diets high in sodium can contribute to hypertension, heart disease and other related medical conditions. They also provide multiple functions in baked goods. It adds flavor and enhances the flavor of other ingredients and balances the sweetness profile in cake-type products.
2. What's the salt that normally added into snack and its functions in the snack?
Sodium chloride. It often acts as a carrier of other flavor and provide flavor or enhance the flavor. Salt has traditionally been used a flavor enhancer. However, according to Paul Breslin, Ph.D., of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, sodium chloride actually appears to modify the flavor of foods by suppressing the intensity of the other major tastes, especially bitterness. It acts by selectively removing certain notes and, by doing so, enabling certain aspects of the flavor to come through more clearly.
Salts SH
1. What is the functions of salts?
They provide sodium that our body need. But diets high in sodium can contribute to hypertension, heart disease and other related medical conditions. They also provide multiple functions in baked goods. It adds flavor and enhances the flavor of other ingredients and balances the sweetness profile in cake-type products.
2. What's the salt that normally added into snack and its functions in the snack?
Sodium chloride. It often acts as a carrier of other flavor and provide flavor or enhance the flavor. Salt has traditionally been used a flavor enhancer. However, according to Paul Breslin, Ph.D., of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, sodium chloride actually appears to modify the flavor of foods by suppressing the intensity of the other major tastes, especially bitterness. It acts by selectively removing certain notes and, by doing so, enabling certain aspects of the flavor to come through more clearly.